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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






2. Renowned for paintings and prints






3. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






4. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






5. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






6. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






7. The amount of light reflected by a hue






8. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






9. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






10. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






11. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






12. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






13. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






14. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






15. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






16. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






17. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






18. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






19. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






20. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






21. Where the revolving door was fully developed






22. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






23. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






24. Application of potassium sulphide






25. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






26. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






27. Known for his glass sculpture






28. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






29. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






30. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






31. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






32. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






33. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






34. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






35. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






36. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






37. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






38. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






39. Something that supports a sculpture






40. Technique of shading using dots to control value






41. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






42. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






43. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






44. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






45. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






46. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






47. Creates blue dye






48. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






49. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






50. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)